Dispensing-can



c. J. SALVIOLO.

DISPENSING CAN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE H. 19l9.

, Patentd Feb. 10,1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, CARMINE J. S ALVIOLO, OF BROOKLYN, YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 10, 1920,

Application filed June 11, 1919. Serial No. 33,383

To all whom it may concern Be it known that'I, CARMINE J SALvrono,

' a citizen of the United States, and residing at Brooklyn, Kingscounty, New York, have invented certain new and useful I mprovements inDispensing-Cans, of wlnch the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing cans and more especially toreceptaclesto contain powder, granulated material or p1lls and itsobject is to provide a vertlcally moving cup to-be located in the nozzleof a box or can and adapted to be filled with powder when the" box isinverted. To discharge "the load of'.powder a leyer pivoted 1n a slot inthenozzle is operated from the outside and is connected with and movesthe cup toward an opening which is normallyclosed but whose -cover is abranch of the lever. therefore depressed'it opens the cover and causesthe cup to discharge the desired amount of the contents bf. the box. The

cover prevents deterioration of the materialand it can, be displac edwhen the box is" re-.

versed.

These and other objects and detalls of the invention are more fullydescribed in the follow'in specification, set: forth in the appended caims and illustrated in the accompapying drawings, wherein:

' pow er to which the invention is applied.

" Fig. 2 is .a verticalsectional view of the f a Fig. 3 is a similarview inverted and with I 'the' cover open. Fig. 4: is a perspective viewof the cup removed. I I

Fig. 5 is a detail of a modification. i

The attachment is of three pieces and without any actual connections.The lever I playing in the slot 5 of the nozzle 6 and con- I sisting ofa flattened thumb 1ece 7 the cm cular cover 8 and an arm 9 within thenozzle, the latter having the hanger 1i 0 The arm slot 13 of the hangerand the notch limits the downward movement ofwthe cup and it will beseen in Fig. 2 that the cover 8 limits the downward movement of thelever and its parts while the outer movement is limited by the legs 14of the cup.

the cup 12.

When the box or can is reversed a certain quantity of-the powder thereinis taken 1 When the outer end of the lever isre 1 is a side elevation ofa box for the'notch 10'and carrying 9 fits through and plays in a the les 14 and ,When the thumb piece is presse inward, the arm and cover arealso thrown down, the arm carrying the cup which forces a certain amountof its contents outward through the hole 15.

The cup 12 is normally held down by a spring 16 struckfrom a steel bar17 lodged in the base of the cap 18 and passing into a slotin the lip 19that depends from the cup. 1

' The whole mechanism is very simple and cheap with no pins or pivotsand the parts are few and not liable to get out of order,'.

the lever being fulcrumed in the side of the nozzle and the bend of thearm making it difficult to remove it.

into the cup through the spaces between g It is evident that its useneed not be confilled to solids nor powders but. that in certaininstances it may be constructed and arranged to dispense liquids insmall quan titi'es.

. may be reduced to a mere skeleton so that the action of the spring isfor the closing ,of the cover alone. l In prder that the operating levermay .not be actuated accidentally while being shipped or when'in atraveling bag, or on being dropped it maybe provided With a keeper 19pivoted beneath the thumb piece 7 and adapted to come in contac't withthe "-cap 18 so that the thumb piece cannot be depressed, but the lattermay be-released by throwing the keeper out into theposition shown. indotted lines and the lever may then be operated.

-What I claim as new is:

1.. In a dispensing can, the combination of a nozzle having an opening,a cover for the opening,-a cup normally below the nozzle,

' and means for slmultaneously raising the cover and advancing the cup.

2. In a dispensing can, the comblnatlon of a nozzle having an opening, acover for a nozzle havin le legs adapter 'to play into the nozzle,

the one'iii'ng, a cup suspended below the nozzle, and a lever adapted toopen'the cover and advance the iup.

3.1n a dispensing can, the combination an opening, a cupwith A cover forthe opening, and' a lever carrying the cover and adapted to advance thecup.

4. In a dikpenr'ing can, the combination .1 fnnozzleliaving an opening,a lever com:

prising u 'cup'foi' the opening. a thumb piece on. the lever, an awn atone end of the lever,

a ciip below' the nozzle and having guide "legs to play therein, meansconnecting the May, 1919. CARMINE J. SALVIOLO.

Witnesses: 1 I

JAMES F. DUHAMEL, EDWARD F LANIGAN.

